Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
42
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46
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National Language
Russia
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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